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Thats interesting becuase my default list with Mdk 10 is slightly different catalogue = /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/Type1, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/ttf, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/pcf_drakfont:unscaled, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/mdk:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1, /usr/share/fonts/ttf/vera, /usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives, /usr/share/fonts/ttf/western with fonts/misc as the first entry. I wonder if thats significant. I'll switch them around and see if it makes a difference.

Thanks for that. Ive had a look and the only keys in /desktop/gnome/font_rendering are the same as those available in the Gnome Fonts panel. There is no indication that there may be more keys available. I'll try a quick google and see if that turns anything up.

OK thats encouraging - any idea how to go about that?

I finally bit the bullet and cleared my Mdk 9.0 partitions and did a fresh install of Mdk10. The upgrade from Gnome 2.2 to 2.4 is generally very nice but I have noticed that the anti-aliased fonts seem to be poorly rendered. I'm using a Dell flat screen driven by an Nvidia GForce2 (latest drivers) and even with sub-pixel aliasing there seems to be a lot of blurring and bold fonts especially seem to be smudged. Part of the problem seems to be that it attempts to anti-alias all fonts regardless of size - even fonts below 8px. The centres of e's are especially noticeable -like an old typewriter. I've played with different fonts in the Gnome configuration panel but can't seem to make it any better. Is this a feature I'm going to have to live with or can it be fixed?